DUTCH LADY BOOST TO MILK OUTPUT
Dutch company to help local dairy farmers enhance production quality and volume
DAIRY giant FrieslandCampina, through Dutch Lady Milk Industries Bhd, aims to help Malaysia achieve a fully sustainable milk supply.
Dutch Lady has established a strategic partnership with the Veterinary Services Department to help dairy farmers enhance the quality and volume of cattle raw milk.
Malaysia is aiming for a 100 per cent self-sufficiency level for fresh milk production by 2025 as part of the National Dairy Industry Development programme.
Fresh milk production had increased substantially under the 10th Malaysia Plan and the 11th Malaysia Plan, said Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee.
Production had risen to 42 million litres last year from 27 million littres in 2010, he said at the signing of the partnership here yesterday.
Dutch Lady managing director Tarang Gupta said the company, which had been operating in Malaysia for 58 years, was wellpositioned to be the conduit between Malaysia and the Netherlands to facilitate knowledge transfer.
The collaboration will involve Dutch Lady’s dairy development programme (DDP) and the Farmer2Farmer (F2F) programme.
“They are an ideal platform for Malaysia and the Netherlands to achieve the self-sufficiency goal and meet the growing demand among Malaysian consumers,” said Gupta.
Dutch Lady is the first and only dairy company in Malaysia to actively initiate, lead and develop the DDP.
The collaboration will encompass the exchange and sharing of resources, facilities, data, knowledge and skills in their respective areas of expertise and experience to ensure commercial and strategic advantages that are in the best interest of the participants.
The F2F focuses on good farming management and administration (sustainability and profitability),
good milking/handling practices, effective feed and nutritional programme for cattle, monitoring methods, good breeding, and fertility programme.